Blake Energetic and Ryan Reynolds are in search of to dismiss Justin Baldoni’s $400 million lawsuit against them.
The “Gossip Woman” alum and her husband’s legal professionals knowledgeable a NYC choose of their plans by way of a discover filed on Thursday, according to legal documents obtained by Variety.
“The Energetic-Reynolds Events intend to maneuver to dismiss Plaintiffs’ grievance,” mentioned Michael J. Gottlieb.
Decide Lewis Liman had beforehand requested that the legal professionals ship a written discover to “point out in a single sentence the Defendant’s intent to make a movement to dismiss.”
Liman will set a deadline later to really file the movement, the outlet claims.
Publicist Leslie Sloane, who was additionally named as a defendant in Baldoni’s swimsuit, filed an identical discover on Wednesday.
Reps for Reynolds, Energetic and Baldoni didn’t instantly reply to Web page Six’s requests for remark.
Attorneys for all events are scheduled to attend the primary listening to for the ongoing legal drama between Energetic and her co-star Monday.
Energetic — who stars within the movie as Lily Bloom — first filed a complaint on Dec. 20 with the California Civil Rights Division, stating that Baldoni, 41, sexually harassed her on the set of the movie.
She additional alleged that the “Jane the Virgin” alum retaliated against her by launching a smear marketing campaign to hurt her status.
Earlier this month, Baldoni responded to Energetic’s claims by submitting his defamation and extortion lawsuit in opposition to her, Reynolds, and the actress’ publicist, Sloane.
He additionally filed a $250 million libel lawsuit in opposition to the New York Instances on the finish of December 2024 for reporting on Energetic’s claims in opposition to him.
Baldoni’s lawsuit alleged that Energetic rewrote components of the script and “started inserting herself into the manufacturing course of in intrusive methods effectively past the scope of her contractual entitlement.”
Energetic filed a formal lawsuit against Baldoni on Dec. 31 in New York Federal Courtroom for alleged sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, infliction of emotional misery, invasion of privateness and misplaced wages.
The “A Easy Favor” actress, 37, made claims that Baldoni made her feel uncomfortable whereas working collectively. Not solely did she allege that he made sexually suggestive feedback, however she additionally claims Baldoni spoke together with her “out of character.”
Baldoni released raw footage from “It Ends With Us” in an try and refute Energetic’s claims; nevertheless, her staff has called the video “damning” and argued it corroborated her claims.
On the courtroom listening to Monday, the attorneys are scheduled to debate Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman’s extrajudicial conduct, per Selection.
Energetic’s camp has claimed that Freedman’s comments to the press may “taint the jury pool.”
A New York choose set a March 2026 trial date for the case and moved the courtroom listening to initially scheduled for mid-February to Monday.
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